ISLE Developers & Users

People in the ISLE community

Developers and users of the ISLE approach, with areas of experience and expertise for teachers who are looking for support.

ISLE Developers & Users

The following people have experience with the ISLE approach in different instructional settings and areas of physics education.

Eugenia Etkina

Eugenia Etkina

eugenia.etkina@gmail.com

Large enrollment algebra-based classes, high school classes, physics teacher preparation and professional development, the founder of the ISLE approach, and a few other things.

David Brookes

David Brookes

dtbrookes@gmail.com

Large enrollment algebra-based classes, small enrollment calculus-based classes in studio format, expert on language, ISLE process, ISLE problems, and ISLE assessment.

Gorazd Planinsic

Gorazd Planinsic

gorazd.planinsic@fmf.uni-lj.si

Courses for pre-service non-physics and physics teachers, expert on the experimental aspects of the ISLE approach and ISLE-based experimental problems, creator of many new types of problems.

Mike Gentile

Mike Gentile

michaeljgentile@me.com

Large enrollment algebra-based classes, expert on ISLE-based labs and ISLE-based reflection.

Jim Flakker

Jim Flakker

jflakker@gmail.com

High school, expert on ISLEization, AP courses, website design and maintenance.

Suzanne Brahmia

Suzanne Brahmia

brahmia@uw.edu

Large enrollment calculus-based courses for at-risk engineers, expert on mathematical reasoning.

Xueli Zou

Xueli Zou

xzou@csuchico.edu

Small enrollment calculus-based classes, expert on ISLE design experiments.

Alan Van Heuvelen

Alan Van Heuvelen

December 15, 1938 – August 11, 2024

Instrumental in the development of ISLE.

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